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Approximately 15-year survival after AVR for IE in patients aged 40 to 65 years according to prosthetic type: mechanical prostheses (green line) or bioprostheses (red line). Adjusted survival in patients matched by propensity score has been reported as hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI).
